Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 17:07:35 +0000 From: Daniel Bye <dan@slightlystrange.org> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Wrong group on touch Message-ID: <20030220170734.GB77633@catflap.home.slightlystrange.org> In-Reply-To: <20030220151440.GB3285@submonkey.net> References: <200302201437.h1KEbAa1000536@himinbjorg.ttsg.com> <20030220150128.GC40831@devil.stderror.at> <20030220151118.GA77633@catflap.home.slightlystrange.org> <20030220151440.GB3285@submonkey.net>
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On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 03:14:40PM +0000, Ceri Davies wrote: > > Really? I thought setting the sgid bit on a directory caused this > > behaviour... > > On Solaris, yes. > > On BSD, no. > New files take on the same group ownership as the directory they are in. Thanks, Ceri, I wasn't aware of that. Live and learn ;-) -- Daniel Bye PGP Key: ftp://ftp.slightlystrange.org/pgpkey/dan.asc PGP Key fingerprint: 3D73 AF47 D448 C5CA 88B4 0DCF 849C 1C33 3C48 2CDC _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) - against HTML, vCards and X - proprietary attachments in e-mail / \ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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